Camp stool



W. WITKOWSKI Dec. 22, 1925' CAMP STOOL Filed Dec. 12, 1925 INVENTOR Wall/0w Ll Mamie? BY g I ATTORNii Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES WALTER wrrKowsKI, or BROOKLYN, NEW-YORK.

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Application filed December 12, 1923. Serial No. 680,066.

To aZZ'w/wm it may concern f Be it known that I, lWALTEP. VVIrKowsKI, a citizen of Poland, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp Stools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to collapsible chairs or stools, of the type generally known as camp stools, which maybe conveniently carried around for use when desired, the invention having for anobject the provision of a novel and simple collapsible camp stool which can be readily set up or collapsed, and which is characterized by considerable strength.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing,

seat may be of wood or the like which is preferably covered with felt or similar material, or the seat may be of the cane type as indicated in Fig. 5. Secured to the underside of the seat is a spider-like member 12 which has formed integral therewith a downwardly projecting annular member 18 which forms a socket into which the upper end of the leg 10 engages when the stool is erect.

At its lower end the leg 10 is formed with a number of hinge lugs 14 to which are hinged the bars 15 of T shape in cross section, and which are adapted to extend outward in radial directions from the leg to form feet whereby the leg and the stool as a whole, are supported in upright position, the feet 15 being arranged so as to present the cross-pieces thereof downward to engage the ground. Hinged at their lower ends to these feet 15, at points between the ends of the latter as at 16, are struts 16 which are likewise hinged or pivoted at their upper ends to a sleeve 17 slidable along the leg 10,

the latter being here'shown as being in the form of a tube, the sleeve having suitable lugs 18 formed thereon to which the upper ends of the struts are attached. Hinged as at 20 to the side of the sleeve is a'hooked latch 21 which is adapted to engage under a peripheral flange 22 on the leg to hold the sleeve 17 in position with the feet 15 extended horizontally as shown, this latch be ing urged into operative position by a spring 21. I have here shown the seat as provided with a back in the form of a rod 23 having a crosspiece 23 on its upper end and which is engaged at its lower end inan apertured lug 24 on the back of the seat, a set screw 24 looking the rod in position.

I have here shown a novel means whereby the upper end of the leg 10, which engages in the socket 13, is locked to the latter when the sleeve-l7 is moved downward to extend the feet to operative position. As here shown a rod 25 fits slidably within the leg and has a pair of curved fingers 26 pivoted at one end as at 27 to a diminished extension from its upper end, these fingers projecting outward through apertures 28 in the wall of the leg and being adapted to engage in other apertures 29 in the socket member 13 on the seat. Fixed to and extending transversely through the lower end of the rod 25 is a pin 32 whose ends project out ward through vertical slots 33 in the leg beyond the periphery of the latter and are adapted to be engaged by the lower end of the sleeve 17 to move the rod 25 downward and thus project the fingers 26 outward to engage in the apertures in the socket member 13, a spring 35 being located in the leg 10 under the rod 25 and bearing upward on the latter so as to cause it to move upward and withdraw the fingers 26 from the apertures in the socket member when the sleeve 17 is moved upward. The socket member may be formed with a V-notch 36 in the lower end thereof which is adapted to be engaged by a pin 37 on the leg to properly position the two parts together to bring the apertures 28, 29, into registry with one another.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A camp stool comprising a seat, a socket element formed on the under side thereof, a leg fitting loosely at its upper end in said socket, strut elements, a sleeve slidable along said leg and connected to said strut elements for adjusting the same in their operative positions, and means adapted to be operated by said sleeve for locking the leg to said socket element.

2. A camp stool comprising a seat, a socket element formed. on the under side thereof, a leg fitting loosely at its upper end in said socket, strut elements, a sleeve slidable along said leg and connected to said strut elements for adjusting the same in their operative positions, and means adapted to be operated by said sleeve for locking said leg to the said socket element, said means including a rod. slidable in the leg, fingers hinged -tothe upper end of the rod and adapted toproject through apertures in the leg to engage the said socket element, and means forming an operative connection between the lower end of the rod and the said sleeve.

A camp stool comprising a seat, a socket element formed on the under side thereof, a leg fitting loosely at its upper end in said socket, feet formed with said leg, struts hinged at their lower ends to said feet, a sleeve slidable along said leg and connected to said struts for adjusting the same in their operative positions, and means adapted to be operated by said sleeve for locking the leg to said socket element, said means including a rod slidable in the leg, fingers hinged to the upper end of the rod and adapted to project through apertures in the leg to engage the said socket element, and means forming an operative connection between the lower end of the rod and the sleeve, said last means comprising a pin on the rod projecting through vertical slots in the leg.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. V V

-WALTER VVITKOVSKL 

